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Message: <blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3731377" data-attributes="member: 1246">Sept. 15, 1978 On this day in 1978, boxer <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/muhammad-ali" target="_blank">Muhammad Ali</a> defeats Leon Spinks at the <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/louisiana" target="_blank">Louisiana</a> Superdome in <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/new-orleans" target="_blank">New Orleans</a> to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so. Following his victory, Ali retired from boxing, only to make a brief comeback two years later. Ali, who once claimed he could “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee,” left the sport permanently in 1981.</blockquote>